Menos Activo numbero 1 = Maria Periera
Can I first
just say that the lord knows when and where we are needed way more than
we do. Maria Periera. I have heard the name many times since I came to
this area. I believe 3 different members referenced her as someone we
needed to visit. One problem.... She was never home. Literally I tried
visiting her house 3 times with Elder Mendenhall and 3 other times with
Elder Cervantes with no luck. Then one dark, breezy night we found
ourselves in the Marias (the name of the neighborhood). In our plans we
had written to leave for an other, but my comp felt differently. This
was the first time that I finally met Maria. What was interesting was
the timing. The night we visited was a really rough one for her. She was
kind of at a low in every aspect of the word. WE were able to have a
super spiritual moment with her where she acknowledged the presence of the
holy ghost. Any time before this would not have yielded the same
results. Now we're visiting her more regularly and she has the goal of
going to the temple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's amazing.
Second Menos Activo = Sonia Calbete (Grandma of Gabriela)
Honestly
this is the person that I am the most excited for right now. By
helping us teach her granddaughter Gabriela, she has completely
reactivated. The best moment was Saturday when she announced to us that
she had permanently switched her work schedule to accommodate church on Sunday
(something that is super difficult here). She too Is hoping to go to the
temple soon. This week at church she asked us for help paying her
tithing so she could fully become temple worthy!
I really enjoy visiting her and Gabriela
Third Menos Activo = Marcela
Actually,
the purpose of our visit was originally to teach her nonmember
son-in-law Marcelo, but she was there too, so it was a super cool visit.
haha, actually there were a bunch of people there. When we first walked
up to the house, a man came around the corner even before we clapped.
After quickly walking up to us, he introduced himself, we introduced
ourselves, and he asked us "You guys are missionaries from the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints right?" After affirming his question
he continued "I have a friend who is part of your church. He gave me a
book of mormon a while back, I read it and had a super spiritual experience. Ive been looking for you guys because I want to get
baptised. Can you help me?" We stood in a frozen shock for a second and
then started saying things like "of course!!!!" To this he busted up
laughing and said "Im just kidding. Im a member. hows it going
brother." Not cool. It was pretty funny though. The guy is in the other
Maldonado ward and is a stud. He is the brother in law of Marcelo and is
active. That day we ended up helping them cut wood and reinforce
Marcelos roof. (I felt like I was back at home helping dad build the
basement all over again).
Last menos activos story =Shirley and Silvia
The
Lord knows where we need to be. These are two references of a different
missionary that use to work in this area. We had been trying to visit
them for the past few weeks (they live right next to each other), but to
no avail. However, one lovely Thursday night a super solid lesson
with a member and her nonmember husband fell through. That was kind of
weird. After that we tried a different referral that had been given us.
At this house, the light was on, the doors and windows open, a curtain
covered the door, so they couldnt see who we were, and we could hear
them talking. With this combination. it is highly unlikely for no one to
answer the door when we clap. Well, what happened. We did 4 sets of
claps to an empty door frame. Walking away a little confused, we headed
over to Shirley and Silvia. Both of them were home. We had been trying
to contact them for forever and both of them were there. we had a super
good contact with them that night, had a great lesson Saturday night,
and...... Shierly came to church yesterday!!!!!!!! That was a super
cool moment.
Ok, Ive written a lot. Hope you guys have a fantastic week,
Write ME!!!!!!!!:D
LOVE you all
Elder Eliason
La Iglesia es verdadero
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| CHILI |
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| Family home evening!!!! Tons of people and with two other elders (thank you Elder Bekker for the peace sign) |
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| haha, my comp building his own ark reactor!!! I need a pic of this once it works |
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Popcorn. Man this reminds me of home
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| SONIA CALvETE |
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The Restoration. Pretty much a work of genius on the part of elder sircalbe
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